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National Leaders

King Karl XII

President Viggo Jonsson

President Bertram Gathenhielm


 * President Carl Baryard (Temp)

President Didrik Jenssen

President Eyvind Pernfors

President Gsottkalk Norgen

President Peder Barlund

President Ahl Sahlstein

President Didrick Nowen

President Vilhelm Carlsson

President Eirik Stjerna

President Verner Erikson

Political Figures

King Karl XII was a man who legitimately did care for his people and his country, and at the same time he knew how to be a king. Meaning he still knew how to suppress people and consolidate his power through a strict absolute monarchy. His idea of taxing the Danish to fund the war effort is an example. He is thought of as a patriot of Sweden yet does enjoy exercising his power.

Rune Mikkelsen was thought of to be a mad man. His ideas were considered radical and he was for the most part labeled as an extremist, the rebels thought of him as a rabid dog that just needed to be let of the leash. Some thought him to be mentally ill, since he often harshly glared at people and was always in very deep thought. He has a burning hatred for his enemies and those who are against him and has loyalty that he would happily give his life for.

Viggo Jonsson, a wealthy and high ranked rebel assumed the presidency thanks to his wealth, reputation, and political allies. He appointed his allies to top government positions. He and his mistress had a very comfortable life with his alcoholic lifestyle of wealth and power and the aristocracy had become virtually the same under his power, just with equality for all the classes. They essentially used Rune Mikkelsen and "let him off his leash" to invade Norway leading him to his death.

Earlier History

After years of political and military conflict over control of Sweden, the nobility came together and instituted a new Royal family under an absolute monarchy in a government controlled by the nobility in a harsh aristocracy. King Karl XII assumed The Throne, and Sweden came together to form an unwelcome new government.

Polish-Swedish War

They are forced into a war by Poland known as The Polish-Swedish War of 1701 or The Swedish-Russian War

They quickly conquer the undefended northern Polish territories: Lithuania and Belarus

King Karl XII makes an alliance with Austria in an attempt to surround Poland-Austria quickly becomes Sweden’s closest ally

Courland the Prectorate of Poland declares war on Sweden to defend Poland, and keep them from marching on Warsaw

Estonia, the Swedish territory north of Courland is under tremendous threat and a large army of cavalry is quickly recruited there

War is declared between France and Austria-Austria asks for Swedish support and Karl XII approves since there is a small probability that any fighting will actually occur between France and Sweden and it will strengthen relations with Austria even further

The Swedish manage to fight off the Polish but lose the campaign against Courland after a series of battles

Soon after Russia declares war on Sweden

The remaining armies that retreated against Courland flee north to St. Petersburg to guard against a possible Russian invasion-developing a military stronghold in the region

It becomes obvious that Sweden cannot win the war and they try to sue for peace

Courland is given Lithuania as part of the peace settlement in The Jelgava Treaty/Russia refuses the Swiss surrender

Sweden advances east and takes Ukraine

Russia flanks Swedish lines and attacks from the east, and invades Belarus-the Swedish fight to fend them off in a series of battles

Crimean Khanate surprise attack the Russians at Ukraine from the south launching a long series of battles for control over Ukraine/strengthening relations with Crimean and Sweden

Eventually Sweden surrenders the region to the Russians and retreats north eventually disbands the occupying forces-/The Russians would eventually surrender Ukraine to Crimean, thanks to Swedish support fighting the Russians

A large force of conscripts sail from Stockholm to St. Petersburg to support the northern defense

Sweden begins their offense by attacking Karelia in Northern Russia and occupying the region

They march southeast and lay siege to Moscow

Forces of Moscow attack the Swedish in The Battle of Pereslavl-Ryazansky

1 month later the Swedish break Russian lines and occupy the city

Denmark declares war on Sweden in an effort to capture the lightly defended Swedish territories

Courland re-declares war on Sweden

Swedish hold Moscow

Siege of Stockholm-with a large number of towns folk recruited in Stockholm, the Swedish manage to push back the Danish in The Battle of Uppsala

Danish manage to lay siege to Stockholm a second time

Courland attacks Swedish occupied Moscow from the southwest while Russia attacks from the northeast in a joint attack known as the December Assault

Danish send a huge army to sail past Finland and embark on the far east of Finland-after that their fleet attacks the Swedish fleet blockading a Courland port-The Swedish crush the Danish in a surprising victory known as The Battle of Staraya Ladoga

Swedish defeat the Russians at The Battle of Nizhny Novgorod forcing them to retreat back north

Courland attacks St. Petersburg at The Battle of Vidzeme and takes the city in a close Swedish defeat

Fearing that the defending force at Stockholm will surrender the city on their own since the city has been under siege for some time now and they are quickly running out of supplies, and fearing the Danish will soon also easily take lightly defended Finland, Swedish General, Arthur Svensson devises a plan to attack the besieging force at Stockholm and abolish their army, then quickly sail across The Baltic Sea, perfectly in time to crush the Danish army marching on Finland while leaving a small force to hold Stockholm, then thanks to Sweden’s new upgraded income, which they achieved following their defeat at St. Petersburg (which they actually profited from since they no longer had to pay for the upkeep of the of the army and city), recruit an army and eventually invade Denmark which is lightly defended since the majority of their military is in Finland. All while holding their army in Moscow maintaining their war in Russia, and securing their position following the Russian defeat at The Battle of The December Assault. This plan came to be known as The Plan

However the defending force at Stockholm lost more men they had planned and the occupying army in Moscow was deteriorating from Courland’s attempt to take the city and multiple Russian attacks-The Swedish begin to struggle to hold Moscow

Denmark slowly begins recruiting more and more soldiers to guard against a Swedish invasion

Swedish Alliance with England

Sweden faces bankruptcy due to wartime expenses

Swedish decide to hold the cavalry army in Karelia to guard Finland, believing that if Courland or Russia conquered it, Finland could be under direct threat

Crimean Khanate troops move into Muscovy to fight the Russians-starting an alliance between Sweden and them

Sweden falls into bankruptcy

Sweden dangerously runs out of money-Moscow is temporarily exempted from taxes to ensure no threat of uprising, the war is completely crippling the Swedish economy-taxes are raised to their full extent, but the people strike to oppose them

Fearing that Denmark will recruit more and more soldiers, Sweden decides to invade them now, rather than later, especially since Norway was lightly defended, also because King Karl decides they can tax the Danish to help the economic problem, and to develop a stronghold in the territories which is protected by The Baltic

Swedish troops take the Danish Fort Frederiksten just outside of Norway to decide whether or not to assault Norway, or Denmark

Sweden quickly lays siege to Norway, and takes the city soon after

Sweden becomes extremely bankrupt, their economy begins to shatter, riots begin occurring in Stockholm and Norway due to high taxes, bankruptcy, and absolute monarch control over the country

Sweden marches south and lays siege to Denmark-Danish troops assault them-Swedish Victory

Swedish troops take Denmark in a heroic victory making a possible turning point in the war

Sweden begins trade agreements with The Ottoman Empire, Hannover, and The Netherlands-greatly helping the economic problem

Hannover, an ally of Denmark, declares war on Sweden for their victory over Denmark, Austria and Crimean join with Sweden, but England refuses and breaks their alliance with Sweden and Hannover

Sweden considers invading Hannover while they have the current armies before they recruit more, but the fact is that there are still Danish troops north of Denmark and if Swedish troops leave, the Danish can retake the city-however they also fear that Hannover will attack Denmark with a coalition of those Danish troops. Sweden also doesn’t want to invade Hannover believing it would upset The Netherlands, England and Prussia, just like it did Hannover-they know that they can hold Denmark and hope that they can fight the war on the defensive which would most likely maintain very friendly British relations

The Swedish are barely managing to hold Moscow following the close victory at The Battle of, yet it officially creates a turning point in the war in favor of Sweden. But the year is 1723 and the war is now officially dragging on-Sweden wonders what can be done to end the war-Sweden would like to assault the Russian frontiers and end the war with Russia but they don’t have enough money, and its better that the bulk of their military remains in Sweden defending the capitol, and safeguarding against a potential revolution. Poland, Courland, Denmark, Russia, Hannover, and France all refuse a Swedish peace treaty. Poland is no longer a threat to them due to their preoccupied ongoing war with Austria and Prussia. Courland and Russia are not a threat as long as Sweden manages to hold Moscow. Sweden realizes that the Danish might surrender if their army in eastern Finland is abolished; however Sweden cannot recruit an army to defeat them. However the cavalry army in Karelia might be enough to defeat them but that would mean leaving Karelia undefended and under enormous threat from Courland-if Sweden loses Karelia to Courland that would connect them with Russia making it extremely easy to invade Sweden and would isolate Swedish troops in Moscow

Hannover attacked Denmark multiple times but were defeated

Sweden moved north to destroy the remaining Danish troops, which gave Hannover the opportunity to take Denmark

Swedish push them out

Sweden begins earning a sufficient income

Swedish spies learn Courland is extremely lightly defended

Sweden mobilizes half of the troops In Denmark for a secret plan to invade Courland

Sweden easily conquers Courland and Livonia

Using spies Sweden learned that Arkhangelsk was lightly defended, which made it possible for the Calvary army in Karelia to march on St. Petersburg, and the occupying troops at Courland and Estonia to do the same thing-Calvary army stationed in Stataya who were then attacked by the troops at St. Petersburg-using their overwhelming amount of cavalry, they easily defeated Courland, marching on St. Petersburg soon after, and winning the city with the support of the western troops

Sweden devises a plan to easily take Iceland and destroy Denmark-then consolidate their power in Courland, then use their income to recruit an army and invade Russia

Russia finally takes back Moscow allowing them to march north and soon also takes Karelia

Hannover invades Denmark due to half of the Swedish occupying force being in Courland

After a series of battles, Hannover took the city of Denmark

Sweden who had sailed to Iceland took the city, officially ending the war with Denmark, and destroying the country

Russian spy Ivan Niktin plants a bomb at a Swedish logging camp blowing up the camp

Sweden responds by having a spy of theirs, Humfrid Lundahl blow up The Royal Observatory in Moscow

Humfrid Lundahl blows up The Observatory a second time

Humfrid Lundahl then blows up The Imperial Palace in Moscow

Hannover invades Sweden

In an attempt to blow up a military base in Moscow, Humfrid Lundahl was caught and executed by Russian forces in Moscow in 1744

England loses Lithuania to Poland putting a threat to a Polish invasion Sweden east of The Baltic and making the future plans of invading Russia much more complicated, creating huge hostility with Poland and revamping the war with Poland

Hannover took Stockholm

Sweden forces quickly laid siege to Stockholm, and Hannover immediately surrendered the city back to Sweden

France attacked Iceland but were repelled

Russia attacks St. Petersburg

Sweden goes bankrupt-people begin rioting in Stockholm and Finland

Denmark is undefended and the entire force of Stockholm marches west to take it

Swedish Revolution

Revolution begins-the entire force sides with the rebels/A radical revolutionist named Rune Mikkelsen, 37 years old from Sundsvall and has an excellent determined military reputation leads the revolution/uprising occurs in Finland

Radicals in Finland take control of the city

Sweden has lived in a total war for over 50 years. A war that was always very unpopular with the people. In a government already controlled by the rich and where the lower class had absolutely neither freedom nor representation, it was always the lower class that the war had hurt the most. It plunged Sweden into bankruptcy multiple times. The soldiers were exhausted of the war seeing neither end nor cause to it at all. The lower class saw it as a way to only benefit the monarchy. Rune Mikkelsen began encouraging uprisings and revolts eventually gained enough supporters to launch a revolution. His numbers were small but his ideas were quickly becoming popular. Flags of a free democratic Sweden were sown. Hearing of the revolution, the Stockholm force marching west towards Denmark turned on their generals, and marched east instead back to Stockholm to join with Ruse and end the Monarch. The two forces met in where they held huge celebrations and shot their guns in the air, yelling "Death to the King!" And similar things. The rebels had huge confidence and determination since Stockholm was poorly defended with only Militia. The rebels won the battle and took the city. King Karl XII and all other top leaders of the government were publicly executed. A new government was formed with a senate, presidency and constitution called The Democratic Republic of Sweden and Viggo Jonsson assumed the Presidency

Sweden has hostile relations with everyone

Sweden decides that the war must end. They agree that Norway, Stockholm, and Finland are theirs by right and not up for negotiation. Having those 3 is strategically since they are semi islands and secured by The Baltic. However Hannover was about to invade Norway and Denmark was still completely undefended. Having Denmark was always good for Sweden strategically, and economically and it would technically be part of the island. Therefore in The Treaty of Stockholm, Sweden and Poland made peace by giving Poland Courland. Sweden and Russia finally made peace by giving Russia Estonia in 1748.

Hannover invaded Norway and Sweden marched west to defend it under the command of Rune Mikkelsen. Rune himself died in battle when they chased Hannover towards Denmark who in time took the city, Hannover then began offensive and defeated them

The armies withdrawled from the east due to the Stockholm Treaty arrived in Stockholm however after a series of battles were defeated at Norway and Denmark and were eventually demolished completely-Hannover attacked Stockholm but were defeated

St. Petersburg was given to Russia

Sweden’s approval rating of the government is an astonishing 100% and the Senate orders the construction of The Stockholm Slott a magnificent building to serve as Sweden’s new Capitol Building and to show as a symbol of national pride and unity and to become a legendary famous building throughout the world

Sweden invaded Hannover and took back Norway and Denmark Causing a stalemate that would continue for years

The war technically finally ends

Treaty of Paris is signed-Peace between France and Sweden

Sweden enters its golden age of peace and economic prosperity for years

War ended with Hannover and Poland in 1784 in The Treaty of Denmark

Sweden’s foreign policy is excellent and getting better, their economy is extremely prosperous, and they are in their absolute golden age

The Great Anglo-Russian War of 1827

By the late 1700’s The Russian empire had been rapidly pushing their borders further into Western Europe in what was known as The Russian Wars of Expansion. The Prussian Empire dominated the vast majority of the German territories and a huge portion of mid-western Europe, and stretched deep into Russia where their territories ran thin and were fought over in The Russo-Prussian War, that heavily prevented further Russian expansion. The British also fought the Russian Empire to defend their small territories in the southeast such as Vienna, Hungary, and Croatia known as The Anglo-Russian War of 1791. Both England and Prussia fought the Russians to prevent further expansion, but also fought each other with England slowly chipping away at The Prussians southern territories, such as Munich and violent conflicts over Prague, in an effort to eventually fight and expand into northern Prussia, slowly carving their way towards Berlin.

The Decline of The Prussian Empire occurred in the west with England conquering Prussian territories, and in the east with the Prussian loss of Lithuania in The Battle of Vilnius that made a turning point in the war and started Prussia’s retreat from Russia with Russian forces chasing them out of their borders and back towards Berlin. Prussia, being resorted to a much smaller scale was now on the huge defensive and was destined to loose the war in only a matter of a few years.

With Prussia struggling to secure its borders, Russia took its place as arguably the most powerful country in the world. France, and Spain with both their empires standing strong, were still flourishing from their solid alliance and their dominance of The Mediterranean, and almost all of Western Europe. France, Spain, and Russia were the dominance of Europe with Prussia crumbling, and England, which would most likely be pushed back into Britain by the Russians. “The New World Order” was the vision of France, Spain, and Russia having all of Europe in an alliance.

Ever since their revolution, Sweden went from one of the most beloved countries in the world, to one of the if not the most hated. Only managing to hardly maintain close relations with England and an alliance with Prussia. The rebels that destroyed beloved Sweden is what they were viewed as by the rest of Europe and this very hostile policy lasted for years while Sweden was frustrated from living under the threat of war especially from their exhaustion from The Polish-Swedish War. Prussia was the most hated country in the world, no allies, and hostile relations with all their neighbors and foreign nations. Except for directly north where their only ally was Sweden. Prussia was clearly about to fall to Russia, and the war over in matter of years. Sweden still had bitter relations with France, Spain, and even more so with Russia, especially after “The One Month Scare” or “The St. Petersburg Conflict” in which Russia threatened war against Sweden if they did not give them St. Petersburg. Series of troubled and heated diplomacies and negotiations nearly escalated into war until The Swedish Congress finally did give St. Petersburg to Russia. By the time the war was over, and the most likely outcome was Russia dominating almost all of Europe with France and Spain, Sweden wanted to emerge on the right side. They saw Prussia as an opportunity to betray their ally and shift their loyalty towards Russia instead of Prussia.

With almost all of the fighting occurring in Prague, Vienna, Hungary, and Silesia, Berlin was left almost completely undefended. Sweden saw an opportunity to invade Prussia in Berlin, take the city and hold it for the remainder of the war while letting the Russians and English defeat the rest of Prussia. Declaring open war against Prussia would lead to much closer relations with France, Spain, and Russia, and would hopefully eventually develop into alliance. This idea of betraying their Prussian ally, and British Friends was a huge debate in The Swedish Congress with many not wanting to enter another war and eventually get to heavily involved in European politics. This view of Swedish isolationism was a heavily valued opinion of The National Democratic Party of Sweden. They argued that Sweden is blessed to be protected by The Baltic and that throughout their history, they have successfully managed to exclude themselves from violent and what they considered meaningless European affairs. They also did not want to gamble to go against England warning to not underestimate them, and that part of the plan was gambling that England would later fall to Russia. While their political enemies the Hats Party along with the support of other various minor parties in Congress such as the Ronneby and The Stockholm Party, argued that Sweden should advance and move up in the world. That they should achieve real alliances, and ease foreign relations. But mainly under the threat of Russia that once they have most of Europe, they will most likely look to Sweden. Also because Berlin could be a very good economic asset to The Republic. The National Democratic Party of Sweden was quickly becoming more and more chaotic under due to disagreements within the party under President Didrik Jenssen who led the party in its majority in Congress. After the election in late 1802,Eyvind Pernfors assumed The Presidency and made The Hats Party the majority in Congress. With new seats, Congress voted to declare war on Prussia and initially join The Russo-Prussian War in early1803.

Sweden mobilized 480,000 troops under the command of General Melker Otsberg and embarked on the shores of Brandenburg in Koslin. Prussia attacked the Swedish forces at The Battle of East Stettin. Sweden easily crushed the Prussian forces but were taken off guard by Prussian reinforcements from the north and retreated south. Prussia then moved two armies north back into Stettin, and directly east into Lusatia in an attempt to divide the Swedish forces and hopefully outflank the Swedish in the north and attack them from behind before they can march on Berlin, isolate them from the southern army, and eventually surround them. However General Otsberg insisted on keeping the armies together, and instead directly assaulted the forces at Lusatia. Which turned the Prussians plan on themselves isolating the forces in Stettin. At the Battle of Lusatia, the Swedish defeated the Prussians in a heroic victory. North in Stettin, the Swedish won again in a close victory, abolishing the final defense between the Swedish armies and Berlin. General Otsberg marched on Berlin where he was ambushed by Prussian conscripts quickly recruited in Budweis, but defeated them in a heroic victory.

The Swedish attack in Brandenburg gave both England and Russia the chance to begin advancing into Prussia. Russia invaded Silesia, triggering bloody up-close battles over control of the region. With Prussia preoccupied in Brandenburg and Silesia, it gave the British the upper hand to take Munich and flank Saxony, then march on Berlin from the south as the Swedish did from the east. Prussian forces retreated west towards Hannover, allowing the Swedish to take the city in The Battle of Potsdam. To the south, Saxony was completely undefended and in an unplanned assault, General Otsberg marched south with 200,000 troops took the city. 1 week later, Prussia surrendered to Sweden and Russia in The Treaties of Stockholm, which ended The Russo-Prussian War in late 1803. Taking further advantage of Prussia’s preoccupations especially after their defeat at Potsdam, the English took Prague, Munich, and then advanced northwest from Berlin where they attacked the retreating Prussian forces at Hannover at The Battle of Braunschweig and took control of the city. Russia also took Silesia, the remaining Prussian territory in the east. Losing Hannover reduced Prussia to The Rhineland, their last and only territory, where they were already having very hostile relations with France and Spain over control of The Rhine, and Amsterdam. Prussia surrendered to England in The Treaties of London. With England taking Hannover, Prussia now had all of England between them and Russia, giving them time to regroup, and relax from exhaustion.

Rise of England

In Berlin, thousands of Swedish citizens arrived to enjoy the new city in the republic. Sweden had stabbed their ally in the back and drank wine over their ashes. For ending The Russo-Prussian War, Sweden and Russia’s relations grew into an alliance. Also for fighting the Prussians, and an alliance with Russia, relations with France and Spain were very friendly. For switching sides, and having such close relations with their archenemies, France and Spain, England now considered Sweden a traitor, and relations between them went from friendly to hostile. The National Democratic Party of Sweden proved to be correct in not underestimating England since they became like the new Prussia and took over the mid west of Europe. To secure their new territories, England sued for peace with Russia and ended The Anglo-Russian War of 1791 in part of The Treaties of London in late 1803 to secure their new territories and end Russian threat. But also due to very hostile relations with Sweden and a potential outbreak of a war, England did not want to risk a war on two fronts.

British Military World Power

England now became a huge military power in central Europe. Having huge standing armies across the empire, and developing military strongholds in Prague, Vienna, Hungary, giving them huge strategically advantages, and a very quick response time. Fearing another war, President Gsottkalk Norgen with the support of The National Democratic Party of Sweden, worked on improving relations with England through negotiations, a series of diplomacy, and state gifts. Over the next 6 years, English-Swedish relations transformed into very friendly and war tensions rapidly decreased.

Slow Rise of Prussia

Since Prussia’s defeat the in Russo-Prussian War, the world powers didn’t pay as much attention to them, due to their resort to only The Rhineland. France was the only country that wanted Prussia destroyed, since they hated Prussian influence in the region, and feared Prussian expansion, both in itself, but also to rival French power. Prussia was no longer much of a world power, and every other country simply assumed and waited for them to collapse. As a result of global opinion, they were extremely underestimated. And after years of regrouping and rough peace, They were therefore allowed to slowly expand into neighboring regions without the interference of other countries. Prussia’s power now centralized in The Rhineland, giving them military strategic positions. They first invaded Strasbourg, triggering hostile military conflicts with France but not open war. Years later they moved east and conquered Württemberg, where they suppressed revolts and opposition to Prussian rule for years.

Anglo-Swedish War

As a result of close and friendly relations with England The Swedish Congress felt comfortable beginning the withdrawal of troops from Berlin and Saxony. Over the next 2 years, over ¾ of Swedish troops were withdrawaled and Berlin and Saxony were very lightly defended. In 1812, in an incident that shocked Sweden, England invaded Berlin and Saxony and took both of the regions. Launching The Anglo-Swedish War of 1812.

In the first stages of the war, England invaded Denmark very quickly, and took the city. Using quick fresh conscripts from Stockholm under General Martin Ljungstrand marched west quickly and took Denmark back in The Battle of Malmo. Combining the forces of Stockholm and recruitments from Denmark, they pushed the English out of Denmark, marched south, and took Hannover as well. A region that Sweden had wanted ever since The Polish-Swedish War. The British then responded to their defeats in Denmark by Blockading the region, and ports, making it very difficult for troops and supplies from the mainland to reach the south. In Hannover, Swedish forces managed to recruit an army of 150,000 strong. Saxony was very lightly defended, while Berlin and Prague had the real number of forces. General Ljungstrand decided to attack Saxony quickly, which would isolate Berlin, then use his other armies to support the flanks of the invasion force. The first and second Swedish armies marched on Saxony, but were overwhelmed by English reinforcements from Prague, and were then ordered to retreat by General Ljungstrand. The first army marched back to Hannover, while the second one under the command of General Hallman was chased by the forces at Prague and were defeated at The Battle of Franconia, which forced Hallman to flee south towards Munich.

British General David Taylor fearing a Swedish attack in north Brandenburg, ordered an army of 8,500 to station in Wismar. General Ljungstrand had an army of 10,000 attack them and defeated the British at The Battle of Wismar which then secured the north and scared off The British from the region. The retreating forces in Munich were then ordered to assault the city, and since it was lightly defended, they won in a close victory under General Hallman. In the southwest, Prussia was slowly rebuilding back to power, and taking advantage of Sweden’s war, mobilized armies on their border causing huge hostile tensions between Sweden and Prussia. General Taylor understood the Prussian threat and used it to his advantage because he understood that Ljungstrand has to hold Hannover and has to have enough troops in the region to repel a Prussian attack. As a result, England was aloud to simply wait, and plan. A harsh winter began and due to the British blockade, Ljungstrand and his troops were running low on supplies, and were growing more desperate. Meanwhile, Hallman needed more troops to hold Munich and since his position was close to Vienna, Hungary, and Prague, the threat was huge. Also if the British took Munich they would then have the south, which meant that Ljungstrand would be surrounded by the British from the east, and the south, plus the Prussians from the west, and the British blockade in the north, so holding Munich was crucial to the war. However Ljungstrand did not have troops to spare. And English raids in northern Munich made it even more so difficult to exchange supplies, troops and information through. The British attacked Munich at The First Siege of Munich. General Hallman, who was very confident that he would lose the battle, wrote to Ljungstrand and warned him that he would lose the city. However in a shocking and close victory, Hallman won the battle. In fact the battle was so close the English artillery actually broke the wall, yet Swedish troops managed to repel them. Though he enjoyed a glorious victory, he now only had 1,400 men to repair a broken city.

With winter pouring on them, low supplies, and Prussian threat, General Taylor decided to push it even further and move his troops into Magdeburg. The retreating soldiers from Munich moved north into Coburg, and received 5,000 troops from Prague. Ljungstrand realized that if he moved his troops into Braunschwieg in the north, and Thuringia in the south, his southern forces would be surrounded and crushed due to the British in Coburg. Ljungstrand therefore decided to move his armies south and directly attack the British at The Battle of Coburg, which he easily won in a heroic victory. He then moved his first army into Thuringia and his second north into Braunschwieg. In Thuringia, Ljungstrand could now use the resources from towns and settlements in western Thuringia. In the east of Thuringia, was a huge British force in Sayda. They had been there ever since Taylor moved troops into Magdeburg because they are the only defense behind Magdeburg of Berlin, Saxony, and Prague. Their position was crucial and they were ordered to remain in their position unless given special orders. Ljungstrand could not move his armies due to the position of Sayda. Saxony was still undefended, half of Berlins defense was lost in The Battle of Wismar, and the rest is in Magdeburg. Ljungstrand could take Saxony, then move north to Berlin, and then attack Magdeburg from behind, but he cant due to Sayda. Neither can he attack Magdeburg because he then the forces at Sayda would reinforce them. However, due to huge and chaotic miscommunications, General Taylor commanded the forces at Sayda to move south and march on Munich. This gave Ljungstrand the perfect opportunity to assault Magdeburg. Had Taylor marched on Magdeburg instead, he might have been able to stop the Swedish, the decision would cost him the war. In a decisive victory, Ljungstrand won in The Battle of Magdeburg. Which then caused a turning point in the war.

In Munich, Hallman and his troops were desperately preparing for the Second Siege of Munich. Hallman sent another letter to Ljungstrand warning him that the city would be lost. After hours of fighting, and the death of Hallman himself, the Swedish troops managed to repel the British a second time, abolishing the British forces. In the north, Sweden was now completely on the offensive, within a matter of just two weeks, the Swedish took Berlin, Saxony, and Prague. Soon after the British attacked Munich a 3rd time, and in The Third Siege of Munich, they finally lost the city. Only a week later, England surrendered to Sweden in The Treaties of Stockholm in 1817. One day after the treaties were signed was Ljungstrand told that Munich was lost.

The Quadruple Alliance/The Anglo-Maratha Alliance

Following their defeat in The Anglo-Swedish War, England sought to look more friends, since they had no one to come to their aid in the war and they now have enemies on all sides of them. Except for in the south, where they actually have very close and friendly relations with The Maratha Confederacy. They both dominate south eastern Europe as friends just as France and Spain do in the west, and although they don’t seem like natural allies, they both have hostile relations with Russia. They both signed an alliance treaty forming The Anglo-Maratha Alliance. Around the same time, Sweden emerged as glorious, and one of the most loved countries in the world, for taking half of England’s territories, which is one of the most hated countries in the world. With their very friendly and close relations with Franc, Spain, and Russia that they all had together, they all formed together The Quadruple Alliance. Causing huge hostilities between the two alliances. The world was now divided in two.

In 1824 Prussia invaded Amsterdam, triggering The Franco-Prussian Wars. France declared war on Prussia for control of The Rhineland, to end the disputes, and to put a stop to Prussian expansion in the regions. Spain declared war on Prussia due to their alliance with France but mostly they considered Amsterdam their territory. The French directly attacked The Rhineland in the beginning of the war, and defeated The Prussians in The Battle of Marburg, bringing the region under French control. In Württemberg, the French supported rebels in The Württemberg revolution. The rebels took over the region with French support, but would eventually become ruled by France.

The Anglo-Russian War of 1827

In 1827, due to extremely hostile relations, control over The Balkans, and territory disputes, war broke out between Russia and England, launching The Anglo-Russian War of 1827. Russia also declared war on The Maratha Confederacy directly to end their further expansion.

Sweden Joins The Franco-Prussian War

In 1828, Prussia declared war on Sweden in a desperate attempt to take Hannover and retreat from the French and Spanish. The Swedish Congress was more than happy since Prussia was barely even a threat at all anymore, and they wanted more regions to join The Swedish Republic. Prussia marched an army of 14,000 troops into Cuxhaven, a port in northwestern Hannover. Sweden mobilized 23,000 men who marched west to stop them. Using Swedish threat, and Prussia’s decision to send 14,000 troops out of the territories, France then marched north and took Amsterdam, putting Prussia into extinction in 1828, and ending the war.

Sweden Joins The Anglo-Russian War

Very soon after, England declared war on Sweden for their alliance with Russia in 1828. And being an ally of Sweden, France declared war on England as well.